I have mentored students in research projects, including 2 undergraduate and 2 graduate students. At The Ohio State University, I co-mentored an undergraduate student, Phoenix-Avery Sarian through the LAMAT Institute at UC Santa Cruz. I designed and supervised Phoenix’s research project and supported her graduate school applications through recommendation letters. Phoenix received a graduate school offer for Fall 2026. I am also co-mentoring OSU graduate student Everett McArthur on a project involving intermediate-mass brown dwarf analysis with KPIC.

I mentor a San Francisco State University Master’s student, Malik Bossett, on determining rotational and radial velocities for a sample of solar-type host stars hosting wide-orbit brown dwarf companions. Malik is uniformly determining the rotational velocities using high-resolution optical data and the MCMC-based SMART code.

In Summer 2026, I will be mentoring undergraduate Citlali Alcala on a project involving mechanisms of irregular variability with Spitzer light curves, through the LAMAT Institute.

My teaching philosophy is grounded in engagement, reflection, and adaptability. I aim to put care into teaching and look for people and research that can help me continuously grow as a mentor and educator. I view teaching as an ever-changing experiment where I modify different aspects based on student feedback and/or learning outcomes and goals. This approach naturally leads me toward a central goal: creating spaces where students can grow in confidence and curiosity. My principal objective is to motivate and inspire students to define and achieve their own measures of success, fostering curiosity and confidence in scientific inquiry. To strengthen my teaching, I earned a College and University Teaching Graduate Certificate through OSU’s College of Education and Human Ecology. This program provided formal training in college-level pedagogy, motivation in learning, course design, and reflective teaching practices. I selected coursework such as: College Teaching · The Nature of Science and Implications for Teaching · Motivation in Teaching and Learning · Course Design for Higher Education · Mentored Teaching Experience (led two classroom lectures under Prof. Laura Lopez).